Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1701 (circa)
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:plant insect bamboo
Dimensions:Height: 27.80 centimetres (Royal mount) Width: 32.10 centimetres
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print in ink and colours on paper
IMG
![图片[1]-book; print BM-1982-1011-0.22-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Rare books/mid_00012629_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-book; print BM-1982-1011-0.22-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Rare books/mid_00099470_001.jpg)
Comments:Parts 2 and 3 of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual were compiled by Wang Gai and his brothers or nephews Wang Shi and Wang Nie in 1701. Visually the most appealing, they show flowers, plants, birds and insects. Closely imitating painted album leaves, the images are complemented with poems in fine calligraphy and with seals by the artist who designed them. The outlines and the precisely aligned subtle shades of colour reveal the high accomplishment of both the block cutter and the printer.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:plant insect bamboo
Dimensions:Height: 27.80 centimetres (Royal mount) Width: 32.10 centimetres
Description:
Multi-coloured woodblock print in ink and colours on paper
IMG
Comments:Parts 2 and 3 of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual were compiled by Wang Gai and his brothers or nephews Wang Shi and Wang Nie in 1701. Visually the most appealing, they show flowers, plants, birds and insects. Closely imitating painted album leaves, the images are complemented with poems in fine calligraphy and with seals by the artist who designed them. The outlines and the precisely aligned subtle shades of colour reveal the high accomplishment of both the block cutter and the printer.
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![[Qing Dynasty] British female painter—Elizabeth Keith, using woodblock prints to record China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China—1915-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-191x300.png)
